Its foreign ministry said one of the wounded was also a Spanish woman, whohad been seriously injured and underwent surgery in Kabul. Local officials said the civilians were working with the tour group, whilethe Taliban security official had returned fire when the shooting broke out. Spanish diplomats were headed to Afghanistan from Pakistan and Qatar, wherethe Spanish ambassador to the country is currently based. It has, however, supported a fledgling tourism sector, with more than 5,000foreign tourists visiting Afghanistan in 2023, according to official figures. The number of bombings and suicide attacks in Afghanistan has fallendramatically since the Taliban authorities took power, and deadly attacks onforeigners are rare.

The benchmark NSE Nifty 50 settled 0.16% higher at 22,502, while the S&P BSE Sensex added 0.12% to 74,005.94Indian shares were little changed in a special session conducted on Saturday for stock exchanges to test a failsafe system for equity trading. India's markets regulator had scrutinised the stock exchanges - NSE and BSE, after a major trading outage in Feb 24, 2021 due to a technical glitch, when the bourses failed to migrate to the disaster recovery site. A similar special trading session was earlier held on March 2, 2024The benchmark NSE Nifty 50 settled 0.16% higher at 22,502, while the S&P BSE Sensex added 0.12% to 74,005.94. Among individual stocks, Nestle India added 2.23% and was the top Nifty 50 gainer. JSW Steel shed 1.81% and was the top Nifty 50 loser after posting a drop in fourth-quarter profit.

“Babar hoisted the Bangladeshi flag at the Everest peak around 8:30 am local time in Nepal. This time it is a Bangladeshi national reaching Everest after 11 years,” said Farhan Zaman, chief coordinator of Babar Ali’s expedition. Babar reached the Everest Base Camp on Apr 10. ”The most important factor in the Everest expedition is acclimatising to the height by practising climbing. He reached Camp 2 at an elevation of 21,300 feet directly on the first day.

They are protesting the recent police operation to remove the vehicles from the roadDrivers and owners of battery-operated rickshaws have taken to the street in Mirpur to protest the recent police operation to remove them from the roads in Dhaka. Jashim Uddin, deputy commissioner of the Mirpur Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s traffic police, said the drivers of battery-run rickshaws and those involved with them blocked the Mirpur-10 square around 10am on Sunday. Jashim said the battery-run rickshaw drivers had gathered in Kalshi and other parts of the capital in the morning. He claimed they also assaulted drivers of pedal rickshaws and attacked some buses. The demonstration will start at 10:30am and push for a list of seven demands, including the removal of the ban, registration of battery-run vehicles, route permits, and licenses, according to Roksana Afroz Asha, the finance secretary of the organisation’s Dhaka Metropolitan branch.

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RAJSHAHI, May 18, 2024 (BSS)-A daylong workshop on implementation of blended education method was held at Rajshahi University (RU) here today for formulating a master plan in this regard. They told the meeting that the blended learning program under this method involve the creation of different groups and stations for various activities and lessons. Chief Executive Officer of Bangladesh Research Network Muhammad Tourit discussed the issue while presenting his keynote paper titled "Blended Learning Roadmap: Cost Modelling and Estimation". Taking part in group-works, either vice-chancellors or their representatives from 10 public and 10 private universities put forward a set of recommendations on how to formulate a master plan accurately. Discussions were held based on the information and data received from the group works in the third phase of the workshop elaborately.

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Four people have been killed and another person injured after lightning strikes in different locations in Narsingdi, reports bdnews24.com. The incidents occurred in the Sadar Upazila's Alokbali and Shahartali's Hajipur areas on Saturday morning, according to Narsingdi Sadar Police Station OC Tanvir Ahmed. The dead were identified as Sufia Begum, 35, and her son Emon Mia, 10, from Alokbali village; rice harvesting worker Quayyum Mia, 20, from Raipura's Baghaikandi; and Mosleh Uddin, 55, from the Hajipur area. "My wife, son, a labourer, and I went to the fields in the morning to cut down paddy," he said. Locals rescued them and rushed them to Narsingdi Sadar Hospital, where a doctor declared Sufia, Emon, and Quayyum dead.

Authorities used water cannon to disperse anti-government protesters Saturday in Tel Aviv. The protesters were demanding the release of all hostages held in Gaza, calling for new elections and also calling for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign.

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A polling centre will be suspended if even a single fraudulent vote is cast, let alone if the centre is occupied, says Election Commissioner Md Ahsan Habib Khan. “If someone tries to use their muscle or black money to spread their influence, call the police,” he said. “Extensive campaigning will be done using loudspeakers in the respective areas to increase the voter turnout and ensure that voters can exercise their right to their ballots without fear,” he said. Free, fair, and acceptable elections must be ensured at any cost. Strict legal action will be taken if any candidate violates the electoral code of conduct or commits electoral offences.”The election commissioner instructed the local administration and the police to maintain law and order.

In Ontario, Canada's most populous province, the number of unclaimed dead bodies rose to 1,183 in 2023 from 242 in 2013, said Dirk Huyer, the province's chief coroner. Finances went from being the reason for 20% of the total unclaimed bodies in 2022 to 24% in 2023. In Quebec, the number of unclaimed bodies grew to 183 in 2023 from 66 in 2013. Now, in the wake of an uproar over unclaimed bodies kept in freezers outside the hospital, the province is constructing a permanent storage unit to hold remains. Government support for funerals has failed to keep pace with rising funeral costs, advocates have said.

A Bangladeshi pilgrim who travelled to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj has died in Madinah, reports bdnews24.com. The information was provided in a bulletin released by the Ministry of Religious Affairs at 03:00 am on Saturday. He is the first Bangladeshi to die during this year's Hajj journeys. So far, 27,111 pilgrims have travelled to Saudi Arabia to conduct the Hajj. They arrived in Saudi Arabia aboard 68 flights as of Friday, the Ministry of Religious Affairs said.

DHAKA, May 18, 2024 (BSS) - Bangladesh Bank (BB) has issued a clarification over recent reports regarding restrictions on journalists' entry to the central bank. In a circular issued on Wednesday, the central bank stated that it considers disseminating information to the public a top priority. It said any journalist could get information and take BB statements at the main building of the central bank during the official hours through communication with the assigned officials. At the same time, it said, the central bank kept on disseminating information through holding press conferences, issuing press releases and other ways on a regular basis. Simultaneously, the BB had been regularly publishing all the economic information and data on its website to ensure free access to information, the BB statement said.

In one strike, medics said 15 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded. "We know of dozens of people, martyrs (killed) and wounded, but no ambulance vehicle can get into the area," he told Reuters. The Israeli military said forces have continued to operate in areas across the Gaza Strip including Jabalia and Rafah, carrying out what it called "precise operations against terrorists and infrastructure". Israel's military said 281 soldiers have been killed in fighting since the first ground incursions in Gaza on Oct 20. In Rafah, where Israeli tanks thrust into some of the eastern suburbs and clashed with Palestinian fighters there, residents said Israeli bombing from the air and ground persisted all night.